Howden Reservoir
- Area
- 0.62 km²
- Tonight
- 7°CLight rain · Wind 37 km/h S
Howden Reservoir is a lake at 262 m above sea level in England, United Kingdom, 0.62 km² in area and 2.3 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 262 m
- Length
- 2.3 km
- Shoreline
- 8.3 km
Howden Reservoir in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 8.3 km≈2 h to walk around
Howden Reservoir 3D map
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Howden Reservoir terrain and contours
20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Howden Reservoir elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Howden Reservoir weather
Today · Rain · 7 / 13°C (45 / 55°F) · 4.2 mm · Wind 37 km/h S
Howden Reservoir forecast for about 262 m.
- Today7°13°4.2 mm37 km/h S
- Tue6°10°0.5 mm36 km/h SW
- Wed8°12°1.1 mm29 km/h W
- Thu7°10°0.1 mm16 km/h SE
- Fri7°9°0.1 mm13 km/h SE
- Sat6°8°6.0 mm10 km/h S
- Sun7°8°0.4 mm21 km/h NE
- Mon6°8°–19 km/h NE
- Tue5°8°0.9 mm19 km/h NE
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 26, 09:22 UTC.
Camping & parking near Howden Reservoir
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Howden Reservoir, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.6 km S
Nearest campsite
Greenacres Campsite
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.6 km S |
| Parking | 3.7 km S |
| Parking | 3.7 km S |
| Greenacres CampsiteCampsite | 7.5 km SSW |
Slope
Share of the 4.3 × 4.3 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 66% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 3.0% of the 18 km² view
- Relief in view
- 318 m low point 230 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2.2 km; 300 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Fly Agaric10
- European Robin8
- Lanky Moss8
- Water Earwort7
- Purple foxglove6
- Waved Silk-moss6
Where Howden Reservoir sits
- Region
- England125United Kingdom394Europe2,267
Nearby places
Derwent ReservoirLake↑2.5 km S
Ladybower ReservoirLake↑6.1 km SSE
Dale Dike ReservoirLake · 211 m↑7.4 km ESE
Snake Pass512 m↑8.0 km W
Agden ReservoirLake · 192 m↑9.2 km E
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- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-06-19)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)